A new report published today by the Internet Society outlines the state of Internet interconnection in Africa and the critical role Internet Exchange Points (IXP) play in improving access and lowering costs. The report, entitled “Moving towards an interconnected Africa: the 80/20 Initiative,” examines the Internet ecosystem in Africa. There is an urgent need to […]
Liquid Technologies and Facebook announced a partnership to build an extensive long haul and metro fibre network in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The network is expected to improve internet access for more than 30 million people and help meet growing demand for regional connectivity across Central Africa. Facebook will invest in the fibre […]
Fast-growing mobile commerce platform, Copia Global has expanded its operations to Uganda in order to serve more middle to low-income African consumers. Copia Uganda is built on the company’s success in its initial market, Kenya where Copia serves more than 1 million customers and is doubling in size every year. The expansion will bring high-quality […]
Tecno Phantom X the successor of Phantom 9 has been launched in Kenya, comes with a major upgrade from the predecessor, and will retail at Kes. 50,000. The new device, Tecno’s 2021 flagship smartphone features a 6.7-inch dual punch-hole display with curved edges powered by a 4700mAh, 256G+8G large memory, and a newly-updated HiOS 7.6 […]
Eng. John Tanui the CEO of Konza Technopolis has been appointed by The International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) as its new IASP Africa Division President. Eng. Tanui takes over from Ms. Hauwa Yabani who is the CEO of Abuja Technology Village Free Zone Company in Nigeria. She took the leadership […]
WooCommerce, Africa’s biggest e-commerce solution for the WordPress platform has announced an official partnership with Paystack. This new deal will see Paystack integrating more closely with WooCommerce to accept store payments. Users can select Paystack as the payment option right from the WooCommerce dashboard. Previously, one had to separately download then install the Paystack plugin […]
Opera has become the world’s first alternative browser optimized for Chromebooks bringing many unique features previously unavailable on the Chrome OS platform. The new features include a free, unlimited, no-log browser VPN, built-in messengers, ad blocker, cookie dialog blocker and color themes. With 30 million Chromebooks sold in 2020 and forecasts that a further 40 […]
Following the addition of the UEFA Euro 2020 earlier this year, Showmax Pro subscribers across the continent will soon be able to live stream Olympic events from 23 July – 8 August 2021. The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 were postponed to 2021 as result of the Covid pandemic. While World War I and II led to three Olympics being cancelled completely – in […]
Microsoft is set to roll out its latest windows update, Windows 11, according to a detailed image leak showing some major design changes with a better user interface. here’s a first look at Windows 11. There’s a new Start menu, rounded corners, a new startup sound, and more https://t.co/VDS08QPsl5 pic.twitter.com/OkCyX3TtmI — Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June […]
The treasury will increase excise duty on telephone and internet data services up from 15% to 20% in addition to the prevailing value-added tax applicable to mobile services at the rate of 16%. The new 5% tax revision was not included in the Finance Bill 2021 and is a proposed amendment that is supposed […]